What is the difference in number of child deaths between Dominican Republic and Mauritania?

180 deaths, with Mauritania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Mauritania?

69 years are reported by both, from 1956 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Dominican Republic vs Mauritania: Number of child deaths

Dominican Republic

6,181 deaths

in 2024

Mauritania

6,361 deaths

in 2024

Dominican Republic rank

67th

Mauritania rank

65th

Number of child deaths over time

Dominican Republic
Mauritania

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 6,361 deaths against 6,181 deaths in Dominican Republic, a difference of 180 deaths.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1956 it was Dominican Republic ahead.

Dominican Republic ranks 67th and Mauritania ranks 65th of 199 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Dominican Republic averaged higher in 7 and Mauritania in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominican Republic	Mauritania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	22,966 deaths	8,958 deaths	14,008 deaths	Dominican Republic
1960s	24,042 deaths	9,726 deaths	14,316 deaths	Dominican Republic
1970s	20,101 deaths	11,140 deaths	8,961 deaths	Dominican Republic
1980s	15,034 deaths	9,742 deaths	5,292 deaths	Dominican Republic
1990s	10,690 deaths	9,686 deaths	1,003 deaths	Dominican Republic
2000s	7,749 deaths	8,150 deaths	401.4 deaths	Mauritania
2010s	7,450 deaths	7,118 deaths	331.2 deaths	Dominican Republic
2020s	6,628 deaths	6,559 deaths	69 deaths	Dominican Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Dominican Republic or Mauritania?: Mauritania, at 6,361 deaths against 6,181 deaths in Dominican Republic as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Dominican Republic and Mauritania?: 180 deaths, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Mauritania?: 69 years are reported by both, from 1956 to 2024.
How do Dominican Republic and Mauritania rank globally for number of child deaths?: Dominican Republic ranks 67th and Mauritania ranks 65th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of child deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 11,992 data points, 1955–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under 5 .